So it’s no secret I love old furniture. And thrift stores. And the paint department. The three combined bring me great joy and make my world complete. Like so many of you, I love to fix up older pieces with stain or paint, and give them cool new hardware. You know, bring them into this…
One of my favorite reads every day is Colour Me Happy, written by Colour and Decorating Expert Maria Killam. Maria tackles all sorts of problems in decorating and design with a focus on choosing the right colors. Some of my favorite tips are answers to questions like ‘Which Color Sofa Should You Buy?‘ or Maria’s…
Continuing the Fantastic Feature series, today I’m here to show off a fabulous before and after starring the inventive Brooke of Oh Brooke blog. You savvy readers have seen your share of these kinds of chair makeovers, but Brooke’s is exceptionally good due to her fabric and finish choice, and excellent tutorial! Here’s Brooke’s Before:…
Greetings friends, I’m on my way back from NYC today, but I’m pleased to have another special guest. I’ve been following Cassity at Remodelaholic for awhile now. She always has the best features and together with her husband does incredible DIY. I love a gal who loves power tools. Please welcome Cassity! ______________________ “I am…
Greetings friends, I have a lovely friend guesting for me today: Beckie from Infarrantly Creative! She’s just oozing with creativity and sees things not for what they are, but for what they can be. Friends, please kindly welcome Beckie! _____________________ “Hello CG fans. My name is Beckie Farrant, author of Infarrantly Creative. I pride myself in finding curbside castaways…
This isn’t one of those ‘ooooh pretty pictures’ posts. Nope. This is one of those ‘get down and dirty by starting a big DIY project’ post. It’s been years that I’ve been wanting, no needing, to do this, and the time has finally come. Over the weekend we said bye bye to the carpet on…
Hi all, how’s your week? For me, it’s been interesting running up and down plywood steps on our staircase for the past few days. We will slowly be installing new white risers and wood treads over the course of the next week. It’s certainly a lot of precision cutting, and there’s plenty of sawdust in…
I was tra la la-ing my way through my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore a few weeks back, admiring all the great salvage and scheming of ways to put some of it to good use. I was there because I had spotted a few cool cabinets on Diggers List and wanted to investigate further. As…
Congratulations to the following two winners of the Noteworthy Giveaway: #44: Jenna W. who wrote: “I’m about 5 months pregnant with my first so I was drawn to the baby announcements, shower invites and thank you notes. I love the Shower Banner Invitations and would love to pass this along to my sister who is…
Recently, I was sent a lovely text called At Home With Country, written by Christina Strutt, owner of Cabbages and Roses, a company specializing in printed linens for home and clothing. The very first thing to catch my eye was the cover image, depicting the bathroom from Christina’s own ‘Brook Cottage’. I love the the…
Greetings friends, how’s your Wednesday this fine September? I just adore September, do you? Both my birthday and my anniversary take place in this glorious month ~ only May and October can compete in my book. I was picking my kids up from school yesterday, and a gust of wind was blowing. Leaves were twirling…
I like to pop into my local Anthropologie every season, usually for their amazing furniture knobs, but always for the eclectic styling of the store’s display artists. Apparently, every Anthropologie store has its own Installation Artist that is given a theme from headquarters, but is allowed their own carte blanche interpretation ~ or so the…
First, just thank you. Thank you so much for sharing your blog spaces this week ~ I was truly overwhelmed with the response to the blog party, nearly 300 inspirational stories, just amazing! I’ve visited most of your spaces, met a lot of new friends, and learned so much from the glimpses into your lives. …
Fall is one of those seasons that just happens for everyone at a certain moment. For me, last year, it was just something in the air. This year, it happened to be the turning of the calendar to my favorite month of September. I was playing in the park with my girl a few weeks…